What is your strangest junk yard story.

Several years ago my wife, two young daughters and I were driving home from a trip to a car auction in Montana. Alongside the road was an old country junk yard. Everything there was 4os and 50s stuff. Some were old Mopars so I had to stop for a look. The owner didn't answer the door but I walked around a while and admired most of the old iron and headed back toward the pickup when I noticed a 1948 Chrysler that was still in really good shape. Peeked through side window at the interior which didn't even have a rip! I noticed the safety clutch which caused me to think, "I wonder what this baby has for an engine?" I opened the door, pulled the hood latch and went around front where I had to bend over to figure out what sort of safety catch was keeping the hood from opening completely. Of course I quickly discovered the latch and still bent over, raised the hood to get a look. The view was a close up look at a pair of racoon eyes! Our noses were about three inches apart! Startled, I jumped up, slammed the hood and jumped back. Once I had stopped shaking enough to unlatch the hood again and repaet the hood opening procedure I found the old beauty to have an inline L-head 8. When I got back to the pickup my wife and daughters were sitting there laughing like crazy. My oldest daughter, in grade school at the time, said, "I don't know who's eyes were bigger, yours or that coon! Do you want me to get you some pants out of the suitcase?"